Archaeologists think the newly discovered artifacts remained at the production site because they were deemed unusable. Large ...

A number of Roman wills reveal people leaving their heirs silver and gold in the form of bars, plates or ingots. Aside from ...

In different passage, Aulus tells us about some bookstalls he came across when he arrived by ship at the port of Brundisium ...

The expansion of one of the Mediterranean’s strongest powers wasn’t only driven by conquest, but also infrastructure. By ...

This is the story of Marcus Aurelius, the last of the "Five Good Emperors" of Rome, and of the teachings of Stoicism, which influenced his journey.

Pompeii is well known as an iconic Roman city. But for much of its early history, it wasn’t Roman at all. It belonged to the ...

New excavations at Agios Georgios of Pegeia reveal how Roman trade, ritual, and harbor construction shaped life in Cyprus.

The buildings were used for a variety of purposes, from mealtimes to “industrial activities” that kept the site running.

Ancient Rhodes was not merely an island; it was a sophisticated maritime power that defined the Hellenistic world.

Archaeologists in Germany have discovered four Roman marching camps and around 1,500 artifacts, including coins and shoe ...

Hygienic conditions were poor in the city's older bathing facilities, a new study reveals. The analysis sheds light on ...

BC. The Persian Achaemenid Empire, established half a century earlier under Cyrus the Great, stretched from Northern India to ...